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Last Word: Guenter Grass, Sheila Kitzinger, Andrew Porter, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, Percy Sledge

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17/04/2015

Guenter Grass, Sheila Kitzinger, Andrew Porter, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, Percy Sledge

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Guenter Grass, Sheila Kitzinger, Andrew Porter, Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, Percy Sledge

Matthew Bannister on an author, a childbirth campaigner, a critic, a gambler and a singer.

Matthew Bannister on German author Guenter Grass, childbirth campaigner Sheila Kitzinger, music critic Andrew Porter, poker player Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott and singer Percy Sledge.

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The Nobel prize winning author Günter Grass who challenged Germans to confront their uncomfortable past.

The anthropologist Sheila Kitzinger who fought against the medicalisation of child birth.

Andrew Porter, the distinguished music critic of the Financial Times and then the New Yorker.

Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott, the colourful champion poker player: Victoria Coren pays tribute.

And Percy Sledge, best known for his hit "When A Man Loves A Woman".

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